Fighting Your Ticket

Ticketing unsafe drivers makes sense. After all, speeding,
running stop signs, and making illegal U-turns can jeopardize the safety of
everyone on the road. Issuing tickets for these activities is one means of
deterring bad driving behavior. But as you’re probably aware, the process of
citing traffic violators is not foolproof, and tickets are sometimes issued for
the wrong reasons. A police officer may make a mistake, a camera may
malfunction, or a local government—in its zeal to generate revenue—may
encourage overticketing. In this section we’ll discuss the various ways in
which driving tickets can be challenged and we’ll explain some of the
procedures for doing so.

If you have any inkling that you might have a bench warrant floating out there for unpaid traffic tickets, you should find out about it now to avoid the potential embarrassment of being arrested at work or home.